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    Admiral Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen GCB GCH (1771 – 8 October 1849) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean...
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  • Edward Owen may refer to: Edward Owen (translator) (1728/29–1807), Welsh Anglican priest, headmaster and translator Edward Owen (Royal Navy officer) (1771–1849)...
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    of gentry, he was youngest son of David Owen of Cefn Hafod, Montgomeryshire. He was a member of the Royal Navy and lost his right arm from a wound suffered...
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    Captain Owen Stanley FRS RN (13 June 1811 – 13 March 1850) was a British Royal Navy officer and surveyor. Stanley was born in Alderley, Cheshire, the...
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    Gilbert Heathcote (1779 – 22 April 1831) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Heathcote was...
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  • 11 July 1778) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, River Medway and the Nore. Having joined the Royal Navy in 1731, Hill served...
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    The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve...
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  • Engineer Rear-Admiral Edward Owen Hefford OBE (1871 – 7 August 1955) was a Royal Navy officer. Hefford grew up in Dewsbury and Huddersfield. He was educated...
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    enjoy, Edward moved on to the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. A course of two years, followed by entry into the Royal Navy, was planned. Edward automatically...
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  • Australians who have attained admiral rank within the Royal Australian Navy (RAN); that is, officers who have held the rank of admiral (four-star rank),...
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    and children now known as the Pinjarra massacre. Stirling entered the Royal Navy at age 12 and as a midshipman saw action in the Napoleonic Wars. Rapid...
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    The British Merchant Navy is the collective name given to British civilian ships and their associated crews, including officers and ratings. In the UK...
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    to Indian Navy) and the Royal Pakistan Navy (later renamed to Pakistan Navy). Vice Admiral William Edward Parry became the commanding officer of the Indian...
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    The history of the Royal Navy reached an important juncture in 1707, when the Act of Union merged the kingdoms of England and Scotland into the Kingdom...
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    of the nineteenth century. Owen took part in the debates over the professionalization of naval architecture in the Royal Navy and was active in campaigns...
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    commonly known) and was appointed commanding officer of HMS P555, an American S-class boat acquired by the Royal Navy in 1942. Young commanded the boat, known...
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    The rank of admiral is currently the highest rank to which an officer in the Royal Navy can be promoted, admiral of the fleet being used nowadays only...
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    Charles Cunliffe-Owen, CB (1821–1867) was an English officer in the British Army, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Engineers. After...
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    Between 26 October 1815 and 31 May 1816 he was the senior Royal Navy Officer on the Great Lakes. Owen mapped the entire east African coast from the Cape to...
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  • 4th Baronet Acland (1890–1976), officer in the Royal Navy Major-General Arthur Edward Barstow (1888–1942), officer in the British Indian Army and commander...
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  • Mechanical Engineers. No. 7603434 Warrant Officer Class I Sub-Conductor Laurence Antoine Edward Butler Bourlay, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Captain (temporary...
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  • Petty Officer Boatswain William Edward Donnelly, RTP/R.238507. Chief Petty Officer Walter George Durand, P/234315 (Southampton). Chief Petty Officer William...
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    Station was a formation or command of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy stationed at Port Royal in Jamaica from 1655 to 1830. The station was formed, following...
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  • Douglas Edward Webb CVO OBE (8 October 1909 – 11 January 1988) was a British police officer in the London Metropolitan Police, who served as Deputy Commissioner...
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    protecting its important Royal Navy base, as well as influencing the city's and colony's socio-political and economic institutions. Edward was responsible for...
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    and was brother to Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. He joined the Royal Navy in 1790, and by 1797 he was captain of HMS Martin, a sloop of war serving...
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  • Brigade) H. E. L. Mellersh, infantry officer in the East Lancashire Regiment (Schoolboy Into War) Wilfred Owen Erich Maria Remarque, infantry soldier...
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    William Acton (1629–1659), father of Captain Edward Acton (Royal Navy officer) Richard Acton (1633–1674) Sir Edward Acton, 1st Baronet, MP for Bridgnorth 1640...
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    Cheshire family). They had five children: Owen Stanley (1811–1850), Royal Navy officer and surveyor Mary Stanley (1813–1879), nurse and Catholic convert...
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    Mediterranean Station, was a formation of the Royal Navy. The Fleet was one of the most prestigious commands in the navy for the majority of its history, defending...
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